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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A COMPARISON OF THE LIFE OF MAN, by RICHARD BARNFIELD Poet's Biography First Line: Man's life is well compared to a feast Last Line: Comes death, and takes the table clean away. Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard Variant Title(s): Man's Life Subject(s): Mortality | |||
Man's life is well compared to a feast, Furnished with choice of all variety, To it comes Time; and as a bidden guest He sets him down, in pomp and majesty; The three-fold Age of man the waiters be. Then with an earthen voider (made of clay) Comes Death, and takes the table clean away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WISE MEN IN THEIR BAD HOURS by ROBINSON JEFFERS READING ALOUD TO MY FATHER by JANE KENYON ODE, FR. THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM by RICHARD BARNFIELD SONNET TO HIS FRIEND R.L. IN PRAISE OF MUSIQUE AND POETRIE by RICHARD BARNFIELD |
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